At just 34 years old, Judge Scott McAfee has found himself presiding over the Georgia trial of a former US president and having to rule on whether the case prosecutor, his former boss, should be ...
Judge Scott McAfee, the trial court judge, had rejected a defense claim that Ms. Willis’s relationship with the lawyer she hired had given her a financial stake in the case. But he found that ...
Trump and his co-defendants had initially asked Judge McAfee to dismiss the case entirely under the theory that an alleged romantic relationship between Willis and another prosecutor — Nathan ...
The decision, which Willis is likely to appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court, is a major victory for Donald Trump and his co-defendants and could doom the high-profile prosecution.
In a 2-1 opinion, the court concluded that Fani Willis’ onetime romantic relationship with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade merited her dismissal from the case.